BBC Sport has been told substituted players will be allowed to cool down before being interviewed on the touchline during the game. But details have yet to be released on how often this will happen in matches, or how many matches it will apply to. Dressing room access will be restricted and never allowed during...
Relegated Luton Town will open the League One season against promoted AFC Wimbledon, while Cardiff City will host Peterborough United a day later. The Hatters, who dropped into the third tier after back-to-back relegations, host League Two play-off final winners AFC Wimbledon on Friday, 1 August (20:00 BST). Plymouth, who were also relegated from the...
The Premier League have written to Chelsea to seek clarification over the club’s position with ticket re-sellers – amid controversy over Todd Boehly’s involvement in Vivid Seats. Boehly is both a director and investor in Vivid, described as an “unauthorised ticket seller” by the league, and also owns a 13% stake in Chelsea. The website...
In the County Championship, the maximum number of points a team can earn in one match is 24 points. The winning team is awarded 16 points, while the losers are earn none for the result. Draws and a tie give teams eight points each. On top of that, teams can earn up to eight additional...
The Premier League’s stance is fairly clear. Broadcasters spend billions of pounds for the rights to screen matches and part of the deal is knowing, within reason, when they are likely to end. Not every eventuality can be factored in as players get injured. But the kick-off time and half-time break are controllable. City argue...
New Plymouth Argyle head coach Tom Cleverley says he is resigned to losing midfielder Adam Randell. Speculation has linked the homegrown 24-year-old with a move to Championship side Bristol City after Argyle were relegated to League One last month. Randell played 173 games for the Pilgrims over seven years and scored 10 goals and has...
Panathinaikos’ visit will mark Russell Martin’s first competitive game as Rangers head coach and the former Southampton boss has been handed the toughest of their possible draws despite the Ibrox side having been seeded. All three potential opponents were, like Rangers, runners-up in their domestic leagues, but while the Greek side are 111th in the...
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Champions Liverpool will host Bournemouth on the opening weekend of the 2025-26 Premier League season, with Manchester United playing Arsenal at Old Trafford. Liverpool, who won the league in Arne Slot’s first season in charge, will begin their title defence at Anfield in the curtain-raiser on Friday, 15 August. Newly promoted Sunderland, back in the...
Former Premier League referee David Coote has been charged by the Football Association for comments made about ex-Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp during a video that was leaked on social media. The 42-year-old was suspended on 11 November 2024 after a video showed him making derogatory comments about Klopp and Liverpool. Coote was sacked by the...
But Berrada knows where the major external focus will be, in particular on coach Ruben Amorim, who had such a tortuous introduction to life at United following his arrival from Sporting in November. Berrada joined United after working as chief football operations officer at City Football Group. And he can see similarities between Amorim and...
The stringent licence revisions have caused backlash. Blackburn Women withdrew from the WSL 2 after claiming the financial requirements “can no longer be sustained”. Third-tier club Wolves Women did not apply for a WSL 2 licence as owners were unwilling to move to a full-time model, as is required. Barnsley Women, playing in the fourth...
Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Hunter-Bell was last with 200m to go but overhauled all of her competitors, including world champion Mary Moraa, with a sensational sprint finish. Britain’s world indoor champion Amber Anning was third in the women’s 400m in a season’s best of 50.17 seconds, while Dina Asher-Smith ran 10.93 seconds to finish second...
Pakistan batter Babar Azam will play in the Big Bash for the first time after he was signed by Sydney Sixers before next week’s player draft. The former national captain, the second-highest run scorer in the history of T20 internationals, will be available for the entirety of the 2025-26 season. Babar, 30, has played 320...
Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith was third in the women’s 100m, behind Olympic champion Julien Alfred and veteran Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith. Asher-Smith failed to make the 100m final at last year’s Olympics but is hopeful of better at this year’s World Championships in Tokyo in September. She said after running a season’s best 11.08 seconds: “I feel...